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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] ^ Keep in mind that when Western scholars first found out that the various Afrasian languages were related, they postulated the origins of the phylum to be in Western Asia concieved by kacazoids, with some of these k-zoids moving into Africa and becoming black (Hamites) hence the early name Hamito-Semitic. Now that the 'Hamitic hypothesis' has been debunked, and it's now realized the phylum actually originated in Africa, the name Afroasiatic or Afrasian is used merely to reflect the geographic range of these languages-- that they are spoken from Africa to Asia (Western Asia to be exact). This could perhaps be compared to the term Indo-European which describes the languages of that phylum to be spoken from India to Europe. [QUOTE]Originally posted by rasol: [qb] This will seem odd, esp. from me and almost as a defense of Dr. Winters, though as always, it's just and honest observation....... In a way, Winters simply mirrors the standard practice of much European scholarship - steady on the look out for 1 million ways of claiming ancient languages, cultures and civilisations as 'belonging' to them. Consider some recent claims made in peer review scholarship by Europeans: * footprints in the sahara which have arches instead of flat feet are labeled - leucoderm. [ie - white] * Lineages M1 and U6 are claimed to be of non African origin even though there is no non African progenator lineage to be named, and no non African population who bears significant underived U6/M1 lineages. * Nostracists who try to link virtually every attested [literate] language back to a putative proto-Indo-Aryan, using the same approach of arbitrarily chosen, selective word matchings. * Redefinition of the root discourse of history so as to conflate or manufacture a role for Europe: Western Civilisation, the Middle East, the Mediterranean - none of these concepts exist in history. Rather they are recent ideologies - which profoundly alter the way in which history is preceived, and often specially function to create and imaginary European provenance. Non African readers who find Winters outragious, should I think look in a mirror, or read a 'western' history book, because that's exactly how ridiculous the 'western' version of history often sounds. [/qb][/QUOTE]I am very much aware of the psuedo-crap that white scholars spew, but it is just disappointing that Africanist scholars like Winters will not rise above that but unwittingly emulate the white racist they so desperately fight against! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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